实验针灸学及其在针灸教育中的意义——在针灸教育中开设实验针灸学课程的建议

<正> 实验针灸学是我院根据针灸医学发展趋势和针灸专业培养目标的要求,于1983年新创建的一门专业课。这门课程的研究对象与任务及其在针灸教育中的意义简述如下。

EXPERIMENTAL ACUPUNCTUROLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN ACUPUNCTURE EDUCATION——A SUGGESTION OFFERING THE COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL ACUPUNCTURE IN ACUPUNCTURE EDUCATION

Experimental Acupuncturology is a new subject which probes the channel and principle of acupuncture with the help of modern scientific technique and experimental method. In channel research, the brsie responsibility of Experimental Acupuncturology is to expound the essence of the channel. For nearly half a century, the research has been concentrated mainly on the channel detection, the phenomena of channels and the relationship between channel-point and viscera, etc. In the research on the principle of acupuncture, Experimental Acupuncturology has accumulated a lot of information to prove that therapeutic effect of acupuncture is credible. The effect of acupuncture is influenced by many factors. Thus, it is also one of the basic tasks for Experimental Acupuncturology to programme the experimental procedure according to the principles of diagnosis and treatment bascd on an overall analysis of symptoms and signs, so that the best wring scheme can be chosen out. summarily, Experimental Acupuncturology has, at beast, three important significances in training modern specialists of acupuncture medicine. Firstly, it can make it possible for students to get deeper understanding on tue thought of traditional acupunctnre and realize the advantage of acupuncture, thus, encourage their faith on this medical means. Secondly, it can enrich the contents of acupuncture medicine and broaden the outlook of students, because it introduces mod- ern science, technology and experimental method into traditional theory. Finally, it can training students' ability in scientific researches through streng thening the practicability of acupuncture, therefore, its active significance in acupuncture education has been granted by acupuncture specialists in our country, Nowaday, more and more college of TCM has offered this subject which were welcome widely. We suggest that the course of Experimental Acupuncturology is put into acupuncture education system and further improved so that it can serve acupuncture education better and better.